Substantial justice: an anthropology of village courts in papua new guinea
Auteur :
Goddard, Michael
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781845455613
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
581 g
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Papua New Guinea's village court system was introduced in 1974, partly in an effort to overcome the legal, geographical, and social distance between village societies and the country's formal courts. There are now more than 1100 village courts all over PNG, hearing thousands of cases each week.